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This year South Africa is celebrating 20 years of Democracy. The SABC Information Library see it fit to also celebrate libraries in 20 years of democracy, as well as celebrate South African Authors in 20 years on their library shelves.

The THEME this year is “Check in @ your library”.
The SABC Information Library has 20 book tittles and their authors from 1994 - 2014 selected to celebrate during the week.

SABC Corporate Communications will help with the "Did you knows", and many other communications to SABC staff through emails during the week.

"Did you know?"

During the period of Library Week the SABC Information Library will have authors who will come and review their books to staff and also to tell the staff about the importance of “check in @ your library”.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Celebrating Libraries in 20 years of Democracy: CHECK IN @ YOUR LIBRARY

The Press Release:

"The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) is celebrating South African Library Week from 15-22 March 2014 with the theme: Celebrating Libraries in 20 years of Democracy:check in @ your library”
South African Library Week will be launched by the Deputy Minister of Arts & Culture, Dr Joseph Phaahla at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town, on Saturday, 15 March 2014.

Librarians across the country will be hosting special programmes during this week to highlight the services and resources available in their facilities. Members of the public are encouraged to visit their libraries during this period and participate in these activities. A selection of these programmes from around the country will be available on the LIASA website, http://www.liasa.org.za.

In 2014 South Africa celebrates 20 years of democracy and the theme Celebrating Libraries in 20 years of Democracy: check in @your library serves as an opportunity to focus attention on:
- Celebrating the development and role of libraries in the 20 years of South African democracy
- Highlighting how libraries are making the right to freedom of access to information, as enshrined in the Bill of Rights, a reality
- Enhancing nation building and community development by opening the doors of learning to all
- Showcasing libraries as desired spaces for:

connecting people to each other, learning resources, communities, government, the world and the environment

advancing literacy through the intellectual and aesthetic development of all ages

providing access to global knowledge and information in different formats to advance research and create new knowledge

fostering a spirit of enquiry and desire for lifelong learning

challenging one’s own beliefs and inculcating a respect for diverse beliefs, opinions and views all

contributing towards the development of an informed nation, and South Africa becoming an information society

Since 1994 great strides have been made to build new public and school libraries, merge academic libraries and upgrade historically disparate library facilities throughout the country. The burgeoning of the library and information services (LIS) sector in South Africa has resulted in a wide network of libraries that currently aims to serve all South Africans.
The current status quo of libraries include:

The National Library of South Africa (Pretoria and Cape Town)

The South African Library for the Blind

5 Legal Deposit Libraries

Library of Parliament

23 Higher Education libraries

1993 public libraries (1612 provincial/381 metro)

Approx 3000 school libraries

Corporate libraries; law libraries and special libraries which include Research Council

Libraries; Government libraries; Prison libraries; etc

This tangible national web of libraries gives predominantly free access to information and
knowledge from all types of libraries around the country and has created the opportunity for a
dynamic networked and connected society.

Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and YouTube are widely used by libraries
globally for marketing, communication and outreach. South African libraries are no different! The
theme provides us with an opportunity to reach out to those who are unaware of how libraries have
embraced technology to enhance access and learning. So, to the “Born Frees,” born in 1994 and
voting for the first time in the 2014 national elections, and all those who belong to Generation C
(connected digital natives & techno-savvy), it is definitely cool to check in @ your library!

Furthermore, the “Librarians' Choice: Top 20 South African Books, 1994-2014” will be launched
during this Week. In celebrating this theme, library workers across South Africa have been
requested to identify the Top 20 South African books published during these 20 years that:

were written by a South African author in one of our official languages

were published for the first time between 1994 and 2014

reflect South African life by South Africans

focus on issues of democracy or contribute to the consolidation of our democracy

examine who we are and where we are heading as a nation.

The nominations are open to all genres, all types of literature from fiction to non-fiction, adult and
even children’s books. The Librarian’s Choice should be available to all when they “check in” at their
libraries!"

Amatomu

Apture

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